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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

J. CABLE.

DUMPING GART.

No. 396,982. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. CABLE. DUMPING CART.

No. 396,982. Patented Jan. 29. 1889.

UNITED STATES JOHN CABLE, til

PATENT OFFICE.

ABLE, MTNNESO'IA.

DUMPlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,982, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed April 11, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ABLE, ol (fable, in the oountyot. Sherburne and State of Minnesota,have invent-ed certain new and useful. Improvements in .l)1iin1 )iiig-( arts, of which the following is a specification, reference being l had to the accompanying drawings, and to the. letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my imention is to provide a (lL1iTl1l)i11g-Ctli3 the hopper of which will act as a leveler when it is t ilted forward to discharge the load, and when tilted in the reverse direction will lift the cart and project it; back ward to diseharge the load.

My invention consists in the eoustruet ion and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set Forth in the specitiez'ltion and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 11 is a perspeetive view of the cart. Figs. 2 and I} are side elevations, one wheel being removet'l, showing the hopper in ditt'erent positions; and l ig. t

is a vertieal longitut'linal seet-ion showing the hopper in another posit ion.

Similarletters ot' ret'erenee indicate-similar parts in the respeetive figures.

The frame consists of the side pieces, A A, and cross-pieces A A, and A, si'iitably connected. The rear end of the pole I tits in between the cross-pieces A and A and is bolted to them. The trout ends of the braees a a? are secured to the pole, as shown, their rear ends passing between the eross-pieees A" and A", and being firmly secured to. the side pieees, A A. their forward ends by the rods a.

13 is the axle, bent at right angles at suitable points to form the vertieal port ions [1' at each side of the hopper, these portions being again bent at right angles to form the horizontal portions If, on whieh the wheels 7! revolve. r

C is the hopper, which rests on the axle 1;; between the two vertieal portions 0, and is rigidly secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The axle is somewhat. behind the vertieal central line of the hopper, in order to give the hopper a tendency to tilt forward. The frame of the machine is supported on the axle by means of the plates 0 c, The lower-ends of The side pieces are tied togtz lher at 5 $eria1No. 270,280. No modeld i which litovertheaxle,their upperemls being bolted to the side pieces, A A. 'lheside pieces are cut out to receive the hubs oi' the wheels I.) I as shown in Figs. 2, t3, and -l-.

t The hopper is eonstrueted as shown, the middle portion of the ends 0 e being higher than 2 the sides and the hopper somewhat. wider than its greatest dept-h. it is seeured to the axle in such a way that a larger portion is E above the center of that portion of the axle l on which the wheel is mounted than below it; but the weight of th e axle added to the lower portion tends to maintain the balance. A book, attached to the lower end of the lever 11", whieh is pivoted to the emss-pieee A, engages with the rear side of the hopper and keeps it from tilting over while being loaded.

'I) is the seatt'or the driver.

The hopper being loaded, aml it being desi red to d iseha rge the load by ti l ti 11;; the hopper forward, the hook (I is disengagw'l. and the l hopper willtilt l'orward. Asitturnsover,the top edge ol the front side will eome in eon tact with the ground, as shown in Fig. i, the dirt emptying in front of it. As the horses continue to pull ahead, the wheelsot' the cart. will be lifted olii' the grmu'id, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and the cart. pulled l'orward, so as to throw the hopper over the load in the position shown in Fig. 53. The hook (I, at taehed to the lower end of the lever 1/, whieh is pivoted on the (:loss-plet'eA is then thrown into engagement with the lug d" on the bot l tom of the hopper to pl'tYfllll', the hopper to ining over any farther, and as the horses eontinue to draw the dirt will pass from under the hopper in the rear, the hopper aetingas a leveler.

hen it is required to dump the dirtbaelo warl'l, the hopper is tilted b v means of the ehain c, which passes under the hopper, and is detachably connet'sted to the rear side near the bottom ate. The other end of the chain is l'astenet'l t'otheshat't i mounted in suitable bearings on the side pieees,1\ A, and by winding the chain on the shaft the hopper will be tilted back ward and the top edge of its rear side will come in contact; with the ground, and by continuing to wind the ehain on the shaft the wheels will be lifted oil the ground and the cart projected liiackward about three feet,

in a manner similar to that already deserilwd, except that the dircetion is reversed. This is venveouven ieul when the dirt is to be dumped over a bank, as it is dillieultand ol'leu dangerous to back suliieientlv near the edge to throw the dirt over, and as an alternative" mueh shoveling must he resorted to, whieh my inven'ti on obviates.

will throw the hopper over on the edge of the side. of the hopper, and as the horses pull forward the hopper willv turn over to its proper position for lUittllllQ'. It will be of eourse understoml that the ehain e must be detaelu'wl v I When the dirt isdiseharged, a slight push from the drivers foot from the hopper when the dirt is to be dumped l to IWa rd.

Having deserilied my invention, l elaiml. The eombimttiou, with the main frame and the axle, bent as deseribei'l, of" a hopper I resting on the axle and rigidly secured thereto, I

idly secured thereto, the hopper being so constructed that it extends a greater distance above its axial line than below it, in order that when it is tilted .in either direction the top edge of its front or rear side will come in contact with the ground and cause the wheels and frame to be lifted up and projected forward or backward, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the main frame and sIuJportirig-wheels, of an axle bent as described, a hopper restii'ig' on the axle and rigidly secured thereto, the hopper being so eonstrueted that it extends a greater distance above its axial line than below it, for the purpose. s +eified, a shaft mounted in bearings on the Front of the frame, and a chain attached to the rearshle ot' thehoppm' near thebottom, and after passing under the hopper adapted to be wound on said shaft, substantially as and for the pu po e 71:2? -th.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

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Witnesses:

l". 'JALMAN, .L CABLE. 

